John Phillips, an American resident in Rome is sentenced to five years in prison for embezzlement, but manages to escape during a transfer. In the action, he inadvertently kills one of the escort officers. He knows he has no escape now.

John Phillips, an American resident in Rome is sentenced to five years in prison for embezzlement, but manages to escape during a transfer. In the action, he inadvertently kills one of the escort officers. He knows he has no escape now. He then decides to spend his few hours of freedom together with her girlfriend: it was to be able to marry her that he had stolen in the first place..